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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-01-12

crop shows that, whatever residue there was
available, ii certainly was not very large.
The truth of this conclusion was very forci
bly, illustrated by the obvious superiority of
the roots growing on two plots MANFRED this
year for the fist time for nine years to those
produced on other plots which have been
manured year after year for eight years, but
have had nothing this season. This shows
that, as far IS the turnip crop is concerned,
the application of an ordinary allowance OF
phosphate manure for one year is OF greater
effect than the residue of eight years pre-
vious manuring of course on the condition
that the crops grown in the eight years are
drawn off the land. The experiments are
to be continued with barley as a crop next
season, to ascertain whether the residue of
nitrogen will make better show than that
of phosphates. There is not the slightest
probability that it will do so, as nitrogen is
far more easily washed away than phos-
pilates are, and the results of the Woburn
experiments are IS decisive as they could
be in proving that there is scarcely any bene'
fit to be derived from nitrogenous manure
in tke second season after It's application.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-01-12
In a Chicago wizards Den.
[Chicago Evening Journal


In street near the river stands weather
beaten house with sign over the door which
reads, mysteries Of the past, present and
future revealed. Also, poW-wowing." Stun
bling along the loose BOARD walk and up the
rickety steps, pulled at the bell-knob A
moment later the door opened, as a sewer
covering might, emitting the fumes OF in
Vulnerable boiled dinners, boiled garments,
yellow soap and poisoned air. Fortunes
are told here, are they not?' l asked, as the
door opened barely enough for admittance.
"Step in the seance-room; be will be up
presently" the tall, hsggaTd dame said,
pointing to sn apartment facing front. The
green curtains before the windows were
drawn low, so that what little light entered
was tinged with green, as are the simpletons
who smell out their half-dOllars to support
these cankerous vermin. But here he is.
1.-THE forces be strong and I'm veal" he
says, wheeling like WORKOUT engine as he
draes his deformed legs after him with the
help of two strong crutches. His head was
very large, hair in g snarl, distorted features,
and his coat shone like taliow-chandlers
apron. Tumbling, into chair he closed his
eyes, and kept them shut long as | re-
NAMED. Accompanying the request for a
few points upon the subject OF pow-wowing
with an extra quarter OF dollar, the tort
une-teller said: "Wery remarkable, sir;
cures vunderful, sir; especial good for burns
and SIGH accidents; beats them doctors all
holler. How do we git the power?' he said,
IN answer to my question. Direct 'cend-
ants of OF medsn.man in Delaware lnlun
Village which lived more'n 200 year
ago. No stuff to drink; charms.
sir an motions Initiating the
movements of ones arms in swimming.
Settling back into his chair he began to hit
the veil which conceals the future. ~ see"
he said, in a chastity tone, "a vessel sail'n
toward of you. There is lady on board
look'n fur you. an'you hain't never seed 'er;
she is dressed perfect elegant. There be a
pile OF TO ks stand'n roun'; it's either we'd
DIN or a funeral. Behind yer be a old man
and an old woman. Them be garden anguls;
THAR all's along close benin night and day.
Th'l do ye heep O. good"
He got off a lot of stuff about travelling
over water, letters from absent friends, sew
eral wives and more children. When evlnc'
ing signs of his return to earth / took 1t that
the performance was over and departed.
wondering how so many girls and other fool
ish people find satisfaction for their hard
earned money in the muttered words OF a
moUntebank.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-01-12
Selecting Heifers.
fAmerican AgricElturist.l


Raising heifers sounds well in theory, but
breeding cattle is separate art from dairy
ing, and, unless followed with great judg-
ment, is Z losing business, as not every heifer
raised becomes e frst-class mich COW. The
best plan is to buy heifers heavy with their
first calves-called "sPTingers;" and in this
there is much more room for judgment and
skill in making these selections than most
men are willing to admit. The mistake
usually made is IN being misled by fancy
for certain shapes, colOrs and fashionable
points to the neglect of others relating Inn.
mediately to the usefulness of the matured
COW. The first point to consider is that the
bei1er is strong with deep flank, indicating
constitutional vIgor; then see that her teats
are large and set wide apart. Viewed from
behind, the twist should be open and wide,
with her rudimentary udder well displayed
and teats far apart. As secondary aud fancy
points z slim neck and long head with small
horns are good features. Above all things,
avoid those heifers which show very small
rudimentary teats or those with large ones
set close together. Such heifer never can
make g fTst-class COW. There are enough
risks TO run before securing good one with
out starting out with those that never can
improve. Even the best of pedigrees cen
not make good COW out of q heifer with g
deformed udder. Those who have studied
Guenon's method, while they do not rely
upon it to the exclusion OF other points
find il great aid, and feel that they car
not ignore the escutcheOn.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-01-12
Farmers Homes.

The farmers home is, much OF the time
in the neld and out about the premises or of
to the market-Dlace aud hence says the Live
Stock Journal, he suffers from no cOnfine-
ment under bad conditions Even II his
nights under the roof are not exactly of the
best, owing to being confined in close quar-
tiers or from bad air arising from under or
within the house, his day outdoors dissi
pates much OF evil that comes 10 him N the
night time. and he may not be materially
harmed. But with the wife the case is quite
different. The house is her field, and she
can not, If she would, escape from any dam
aging influences that exist under the roof
The plan for such farm buildings as are - be
erected the coming year should be very care
fully considered during the winter, and not
only the plans, but the location, -
to drainage and distance from any
polRt or points upon the farm whence
malaria NAV arise. AS is well known, the
prevailing winds are from the west and
southwest; ard, perhaps, the most unusual
of all are from the northeast. Hence, the
question OF location is important, 1t there is
any especially damaging spot on or near the
farm, and should be considered and acted
upon. Careful researches by BOwditch,
Petenskoier and Others have cute closely
connected the prevalence of consumption
and certain low forms of fever with the ap-
proach Of the water-line or its nearness 10
the surface. Standing water at a less dis
lance than six or seven feet should warn
against building upon such a site. At any
rate, this should not be done unless thorough
drainage could be practiced upon the deep
soil. Living close upon the borders of a
body of water be it stream or lake, is not
necessarily Eprejudicial to health, yet there
is something particularly damaging IN the
influence exerted By confined moisture
beneath a dwelling or in the soil upon
which building is placed. Therefore, the
conditions here briefly pointed out can not
be safely overlooked.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-01-12
A southern Farmers Cattle Earn.

A South Carolina farmer thus describes
barn that he has lately built. His example
is well worth emulation, not at the South
only, but in good many States north of Ma
son and Dixon iIne;
Ny farm is badly in need of humus or de-
caylng vegetable matter in the soil, and 10
supply this is quite as important as to furnish
the three indispensable elements, nitrogen,
potash and phosphoriC acid. In order to in
corporate the largest amount of decaying
matter with the manure and to have them
thoroughly mixed, 1 built my barn rs follows:
1t is thirty five by eighty feet, and built With
sliding doors extending across either end.
Ten feet from the wall on either side aud
extending the entire length of the barn, are
a line Of the Smith & Powell swing
stanchioDs, f0Tty-eight in all. Thee stAnch-
ions do away with any necessity for parti-
ton between the cattle. and the space is
lett open SO that a cart can be driven through
TO remove manure or bring IN leaves or pine
straw. The space between the stanchIOns
forms the feeling floor, which is covered
with loose plank, and beneath these sx-
barn, are my four silOs. The space where
the cattle stand is not hoored in any way,
but is kept covered with q thick layer of oak
leaves. Each morning these are busted with
land plaster or kainit TO absorb the am
moDia and moisture, and then fresh supply
of leaves and pine straw is scattered beneath
the cattle. In this way the cattle are kept
clean, there is no offensive odor from the
manure, and two large carloads Of the
richest are made each month for every ami
NAL kept, while the entire cost of my barn
and silOs is Observation-Disclosures not ex-
ceeding 5000.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-01-12
A Stranger "Does, a Bank.

VERNON, Jan. 6.-Some days ago stranger
called on the cashier of the State Bank OF
Jennings County here, and asked as to the
standing of Daniel Lewis, a wealthy farmer
residing in the northwestern part of the
county, saying he was selling him piano.
and was told that bis nste was good for any
amount. A few days later the stranger
again faced the cashier, and laid down Mr..
Lewis note, for 1926, payable IN ninety days,
8 per cent. interest The note was cashed
promptly, and Mr.. Lewis was duly notifisd
that the bank held his obligation, when he
fastened to see them, and pronounced the
note a forgery. He had given no note,
bought no piano nor seen any such stranger.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-01-12
Daring as a Science.
fPAiladelnhia Rpcord-l


ThezS are cwo classes of dairymen-those
who wake q speciality of selling milk, and
tnesa who set the milk, take away the cream
and ssend the butter to market Though the
majority OF dairymen endeavor to combine
both branches, yet but few of them can be
successful in selling both mIlk and butter.
The profit from the milk sold depends Epol
the quantity yielded by the herd in pro-
portion to the amount of feed allowed and
the capital invested in the shape OF labor
and buildings But the larger the yield of
each COW the greater the Investment for the
reason that the productive animal requires
no more room, shelter and care than does
one yielding a sznsler quantity. In the
production of butter the cows will afford a
profit in proportion, not to the quantity OF
milk given, but 20 the amount Of cream con-
tanned in the milk.
Before the dsirymaD can be successful in
either branch he must draw the line between
the breeds that excel IN yield OF milk and
those that give milk rich IN cream. The first
thing the scientific dairyman viii do is to
select the breed for the purpose he may have
in view. The next will be to feed IN such
manner as TO secure the largest yield OF either
milk or butter in proportion to the cost OF
foOC, and the cost CT the food depends upon
its adaptability for conversion into the in
gradients entering into the com position of
milk.
Science in dsiryiDg does not stop at the
selection Of the proper breeds, or the mode
of feeding, but also includes the process OF
management CT The milk and the preparation
of the butter, foT which the proper facilities
Should be provided, while the iudicieus saw
ing of the manure, and its conversion into
crops, must be taken as important factors
of the enterprise. 1t is an old maxim tka2
1.-The dairymen gradually becomes wealthy
even when his receipts and expenses are
nearly balanced for the reason that his
farm produces larger crops each succeeding
year, the manure being the profit. as long
as dairymen refuse to resort 10 some system
of breeding, and continue to purchase fresh
cows to take the place of those becoming
dry. they can not estimate on any definite
results, as it is almost impossible to 90 into
the market and purchase @ dairy herd oil
COWS that excel both in milk and butter
though with the use of well-knoWn breeds
such as the HOlstein, an approach to such
may be made. The average daiTyman should
breed only to thoroughbred males, and
thereby inteligently grade up his herd as
near to the purposes required as may be pos
Eible.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-01-12
A Chance for Health

Is afforded those fast sinking into condition OF
hopeless debility. The means are at hand. In the
form of g genial medicinal cordial, Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters embodies the combined qualities
OF a blood fertilizer and depurent, tonic and an
Alternative. While il promotes digestion and assim'
ilstion, and stimulates appetite, has the further
effect OF purifying the life current and strength
eniBg the nervous system. AS the blood grows
richer and purer by its use, they who resort to
yieor. but bodily substances A healthful change
in the secretions is effected by it, and that sure
and rapid physical decay which chronic
obstruction Of the functions of the system pro-
duees. Is arrested The prime causes OF disease
being removed, health is speedily renovated and
vigor restored.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-01-12
Pleuro-Pnenmonin Abroad.

PleuTo pneumonia has, during the past
summer, been increasing very much, esDe.
cially in Scotland, which has csnsed the
PrivY Council to issue a circular TO local au-
thOrities, bearing date November G, in which
the fact is fully declared and the statement
made that IL had been clearly proved that
the fresh outbreaks had been ocCasioned by
the removal Of animals from previously al
fected spots, thereby showing that greater
amount OF caution and more energetic meas
uTes to stamp out the pestilence are desira-
bic. The Privy Council thinks it better that
strlcter regulations should emauate from To-
cal authorities rather than the Privy Council
should exercise its full powers with which it
is invested by the Legislature, and this cir
cular has evidently been issued as prelim-
mary step to having recourse to that ulti-
mate remedy which, it is plain to be seen,
must be applied if local authorities will not
take more pains to stop the spread of pleuro-
pneumonia. Professor Blown gave the
council of the Royal Agricultural Society 20
understand, at its November meeting, that,
during the three months ending September
% of the present year, 145 fresh Outbreaks
had occurred, in which 647 cattle were at
tackled. Scotland has the disease far worse
than England, and some very valuable pure
bred Aberdeen cattle have conveyed the
maiady across the Atlantic, the whole hay
ing to be slaughtered after their arrival in
America The Canadian authorities have
been compelled, in consequence. to close
their ports against any cattle from Scotland.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-01-12
M A L A r I A
CHILLs AND FEVER, FEVER AND AGUR
CONQUERED.
RadWav'S Ready Relief

Not only cures the patient seized with this terri.
bic foe to settlers In newlysetted districts where
the malaria or ague exists, but If people exposed
to ii will. every morning on getting out of bed.
take twenty thirty drops OF the Ready Relief IN
a glass of water, and drink ii, and eat say
cracker, they will escape attacks. This must BE-
done before going out.
person gong out in a malarious atmosphere
with his stomach empty and his system Weakened
and inhaling this malarious poison, the absorb
ents at once take Il up and circulate II through
the system. The Ready Relief, being NEUTRAL
IZER, DISINFECTANT and Difusive Stimulant,
at settles the stomach and protects it against
the Ill effects of the malaria. 1t quickens the Cir
elogged in the vessels from the influence OF the
malaria; it arouses to healthy action the liverf
spleen and gastric organs, imparting strength ana
Frustrated and dormant from the deadly influence
of the malaria In word, kadWays Ready Rss
lief braces up the entire system and drives out
every particle of maarious poison that may exist
spleen, stomach, skin and kidneys TO healthy
action. This is secured by Railways Pills. Now,
let any person seized with Fever and Ague az
soon as the Fever is OF or the Chills en-. take
bon 81 Re e pn n VI he Rh @
Relief clear ;, FOlew . THIS 1 . up ever
will do more good than all the quinine and othe<
remedies in the world. Take Railways Pills In
large doses every night. and cure will soon %
made, after which teaspoonful OF Ready RELIEF.
In water, three or four times day, before meals,
and two OF three OF Railways Pills at night WIZ
protect every seIUer IN hBue OklIlCS dStlIsl bt-
lacks Let this be done If you wish to avoid at
tacks of Fever and Ague, or any other malarious
fevers. For the prevention and cure of this dEs-
ease alone Railways Ready Relief and Pills are
worth farm to every settler. No home or family
should be without these remedies.
Fever and Ague cured for Fifty Cents. There IS
not remedial agent in this world that win cure
fever and ague and sll other mslarious, bilious.
scarlet. typhoid, yellow and other fevers aided
by Rsdwsy's Pills. so quickly as Railways Ready
Relief
FIFTY CENTS PER BOTTLM
Sold by Druggists.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-01-12
Feeding Cattle.

Mr.. Hughes, of Audrain County, shipped
TO Chicago a four yeaT-Old steer that weighed
there 2.5z0 pounds and brought G cents,
making $l54.20 for the steer. This steer was
one of Mr.. Hughes own raising. He was
ealved in June, 1882, and in December, 1884,
at the age of two and one-haf years, he was
put on full feed. The steer then weighed
100 pounds, and in December, 1885, he had
gained ], 100 pounds, weighing :. 800 pounds.
From that date on, however, the gain was
light, although he was fed ali he would eat.
During the next two months the gain was
400, making him weigh 300 when shipped
Mr.. Hughes says be is thoroughly convinced
that it is best to dispose Of cattle when three
years old. They take on flesh rapily up to
that age, and very little profit is realized
from feeding beyond that period. He has
tried il in number of cases, and il each in
stance the rapid gains were during the sec
ond and third years.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-01-12
washing sheep.

An Eastern wooden manufacturer sends
the following to the Breeders Gazette, which
may contain some hints of value to flock
masters: If the practice in those countries
where large fiCck-masters make sheep-rais-
ing and feeding their sole business is 10 be
taken as the result of experience the verdict
Is against the washing OF sheep. In most
foreign countries the wool is shorn and
marketed in the unwsshed state. This is the
case with all South American and Russian
mtrino woods. In the first years OF sheep
growing In Australia nearly all the wool
was washed upon the sleeps back, but the
proportion has each year been gro wing less
until now about IS per cent. OF the crop is
marketed in the grease. About 10 per cent,
mostly made up from the skirts and pieces,
is shipped secured, and not more than to
10 per cent are washed lleeces. The practice
of skirting js much more advantageous than
washing TO both buyers aud sellers. for fine
woods especially. The buyer is willing TO
give more for the fleece freed from the skirts
that are not suitable for his WORK, and the
skirts, either in the grease or secured, will
bring their full value from the consumers
to whose work they are adapted. In buying
fine domestic washed Reeces as marketed in
this country the manufacturer estimates his
loss upon the skirts and dung-locks, as well
as upon the grease, strings, ETC., and, as these
are an uncertain quantity, he must make his
calculations on the safe side. In skirted
woods he need only estimate the grease.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-01-12
FsrtiIizars for rnrnin..

Some experiments in the growth OF turnips
with the aid of various manures, carried out
at Pumpberstone, one OF the experimental
stations Of the Highland Agricultural So
ciety, took new form during the present
season. The plots of land maDured during
the previous eight years were left un-
MANFRED, the object being to obtain approx
mately the residue of manurial value. The
representative OF the North British Agri-
cuIturist who has visited the station with a
parsy conducted by DIR. Aitken. the society's
Chemist, reports that o glance at the tpynip
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-01-12
.Firntng the Soil After Planting.


The importance of pressing down the soil
that covers seed. especially small seed, is
we'll understood by successful cultiYators,
but there are many careless cultivators who,
if they realize the Importance, too often put
the seed into the ground and leave the soil
i'm Immediately above the seed altogether too
light, so much so that small seed will fail to
come up until after good shower. While it
is important to have the soil directly over
the seed pressed firmly, it Is also important
to have the soil firmed between the ows. In
sowing small garden seeds, whatever is used
to firm the soil with should press only a few
il ches in width over the seed, and should not
be heavy enough TO press the soil more than
one or two inches deeper than the seed is
planted; for TO press the ground four or five
inches IN depth is to destroy the advantage
gained by blowing and cultiyating the land;
for this reason it is not good policy to press
the ground, except over the rows where the
seed is planted. When small seed is sown
broadcast, il heavy roller is run over the
ground, the injury done by hardening the
ground is sometimes more than the benefit
by 6rming il over the seed. When seed is
sown broadcast whatever is used to firm the
soil should be very light, SO as 10 press only
a slight depth below the surface. The object
of fTming the soil being only to cause the
reed 10 sprout and to better support the
young plant the first few days after it is
above ground, the soil should be pressed only
hard enough TO accomplish this purpose.
Small seed that are covered only half
inch in depth will not in dry time receive
any moisture If the soil is not lirmed, be-
cause a light garden soil will dry that depth
in very short time after it is stirred up TO
plant the seed, so that seed thus planted will
not grow until the ground is mOistened and
beat down by a heavy shower. Ii light
shower comes it may mOisten the seed just
enough to spread it, and then if several hot
dry days follow the sprout will dry up, and
the seed is thus destroyed; but,ghen an inch
Of The top of the soil is frmed il will retain
the moisture long enough for the seed to
sprout and send down roots into the moist
soil below. and so before the surface becomes
very dry the roots will have penetrated the
earth far enough to supply what moisture
the plant needs.
In fiImiDg the soil il is important that the
condition of the land should be considered
some soils need frming much more than
others; wet moist soil needs but very lit.
tie frming, because the seed will readily
find moisture enough to sprOut it; but a
dry soil needs to be pressed harder, because
! if left light and loose it dries much deeper
than wet land, and does not so readily press
together except the work be done soon after
a shower.
This, like all of the other operations OF
the farm, is one that must be governed by
surrounding conditions; the hand that di-
reefs must be moved by intelligence that has
been obtained by practical experience.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-01-12
Breeding Grade Horses.
Farm, Field and stockman.

Very many farmers seem to suppose they
should use q small stallion in the breeding
up of colts that are to be raised for farm and
general every day use. Nothing could be
further from the mark. Some years ago
there was q special craze for Morgan horses
as sires, especially those of the Black Hawk
strain, These we're pndersizsd horses, a.